Frogs and Follies From August Long Weekend

Mom, Sister C and Jay have covered the dike to protect the sandbags from UV and Jay finished the bridge.

The road west of the house is now closed.
This is the first of five places between the house and the school where water runs over the road.



More clay dikes around the property that I hadn't noticed when we were out sandbagging the house.

And in terms of more silliness, why would anyone use plastic parts on a farm implement? The top bracket was rotten and the whole wheel assembly became bent when it broke. Dad had to do a field repair to get the sprayer home.
Once home he had the right equipment (tractor, winch, crowbar, towing chains, hydro pole and a 160 pound bi-pedal counterweight) he was able to attach a new part and straighten the wheel assembly.

One of the few bright sides of this whole flood is the resurgence of the frog population. When I was little, the local frogs were picked almost to nothing when university supply companies paid local people to supply them with frogs. I haven't seen this many of the little guys for over 35 years. If you turn up the volume, you can hear the plop, plop, plop-plop-plop, of frogs jumping from the road into the ditch, Unfortunatley the sounds of my boots on the gravel is much louder than the frogs.

Third Times A Charm

OK. Hopefully this once lasts a little longer.
It has no recycled material whatsoever.
Pressure treated lumber and concrete deck supports.
Fingers crossed!

Still More Ups and Downs

The Geek has built another stand for the rainbarrels using an old mattress frame.

And while she has managed to un-flatten the green watering can, the rose is finished. Funny, the only functional part of the metal can is the rose. I suspect a graft will occur.

As I was leaving for the gym this morning I heard a crash and a 'swoosh'.

I guess a the weight capacity of a double bed frame is considerably less than two partially full rainbarrels.
At least they had the courtesy to tip this time so they didn't have to be bailed out.

The Garden is in, But We Need New Watering Cans

I managed to plant the garden tonight and when I went to water in the tomatoes, I found that the cans were inaccessible.
The new rainbarrel stand provided the perfect place to store the watering cans,
and the perfect place to squash them when they collapsed.

Some Ups and Downs

The asparagus and violets are shooting up.

However the newly built rainbarrel stand could not support the weight of one small rain.

Repairs

The Geek has rebuilt the rainbarrel stand













And stitched together the bumper










I smushed in January when I slid into a light standard.
Now to just remove the red tuck tape, which held up very well, I must say.